Description
This candle holder takes its name from Medusa, and it wears the idea lightly: a rounded head sits on a fluted foot, crowned with gold tendrils that spill down over its face like hair, and from that crown four branching arms rise to hold four dinner candles. The arms are ridged like bark and finish at staggered heights, so the flames never sit in a flat row. A checked pattern wraps the head, and fine lines draw two eyes and a spiral on one cheek beside a raised nose. It is made of bamboo and polyresin and measures 22cm long, 15cm wide and 32cm tall.
At 32cm tall without candles, it has the height to anchor a dining table as a centrepiece, and a footprint of 22cm by 15cm leaves space for the rest of the table setting. It sits just as happily on a sideboard or a console table, where the gold arms catch the light from a nearby window or lamp. This is a piece for a home that enjoys colour and a little humour: it holds its own beside checked textiles, bold rugs and mixed ceramics, and it gives a dinner party an instant talking point.
Polyresin holds fine sculpted detail well, and it shows in the bark-like ridges of the arms and in every strand of the tendrils. The decoration is hand-painted, and hand-painting varies a little from piece to piece, so the checks and the lines of the face on yours will carry small differences of their own. At 1.1KG it has a reassuring weight in the hand. For styling, fill all four arms with plain dinner candles in one soft shade, so the pattern and the gold stay the focus.
Specification
| Width |
15cm |
| Length |
22cm |
| Height |
32cm |
| Material |
Bamboo, Polyresin |
| Colour |
Gold |
| Finish |
Handpainted decoration |
| Weight |
1.1KG |
Frequently Asked
Which materials make up the candle holder?
It is made of bamboo and polyresin, with hand-painted decoration over the head and gold arms and tendrils rising from the top.
How many candles does it hold?
It holds four dinner candles, one in the cup at the end of each arm, and the arms finish at staggered heights so the flames sit at different levels.
How big is it?
It is 22cm long, 15cm wide and 32cm tall without candles, and it weighs 1.1KG, a size that suits a dining table, sideboard or console table.
Are candles included?
No. The styling props shown are not included, candles among them, so plan on four dinner candles of your own to fill the arms.
Is every piece painted exactly the same?
No two are quite identical. The decoration is hand-painted, so the checks and the fine lines of the face vary a little from piece to piece.